The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-15
The WIDOWS PUMPKINS.


It was a brilliant October morning
lie aras. M SPARKLING, with frost, the
.re4s wayn, tnrir red jeweled arms TO
he sunshine, and FIiakim Ellis was
lriying e,rene.v down Hav Hill.
II oln't = poet" thought he "but
liz Iva. could write q lot OF RHYMES
about this. Why. it's poetry all the
way through. And-ch? what?
Who's that?r
II was the Widow Hepsv Hall
standing Al +h4. Joor Of her Iiftlo one
stored house and reckoning with her
ION, lean aims toward him. The
farmer drew hi. rein.
"IIoIi on. >orreIl" beapo,troDhued
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"heh want you &c be. 50 c'l'NeI1Ie
you can stand Still 4 bit now. Wal,
Mis- Hall what can dew for We this
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\ W 4ol some pumpkins lAaI
want 10 svli, said the widow HeEsy.
| :sDrrtru, likely ones"
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2.e~s !oHi 'o"I MS nan pumpkins
Il dre- in the market Just now.
The pumpkin crop has turned out
ao,..,.f,I ,-oaa +Ia,l. pro,.i5z..ca and
>,
our IoLkS - ieeo'h en- 70 lile t"o"S'
y shadow Of dire disappointment
crept over the Old woman's face, as
She stood tha,a unconscion.'v nic-,1r.
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$50 ue' against liie curry Hop 'ell0ilIs
and crimson woodbno leaves that
5aglanded the doorway. The tears
oar,a into her din, eyes
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52ld sne' III accents O. despair f 81 or
ham nothing e!Se to sell; ana BE,
| ll3ay had set such store on my comm
doWn tins autumA alore cold weather
set IN.
En- sad MIR. EIii$, good-natured-
~. ~ on was goln down to Be
INDY :, en-:
Il can Wlthout no money, sald
the " 30" 1ielsey Han. Ana Twas
sort OF caicu'atih on them pump
k!hs. ne corn hash amounted 10
not ana the Ntase's mas LUX All
the poultry ana the Grled berries
nlideWeo that Iast do9 Gays weather.
ana the carpet We5tNln business Is
awful Gull; so "har ne 10 40.
80 an ye put on your visit, SAID
Elakla, thoughtlulty lllcSlng tie top
Oil a cluster OF saucy oX'eyed DAISIES
thai crew close to his WAGON wheels.
"belindN nttle boy got the
Group, s2ld MIS-; han In-noflousIy-
'And her hneoa1la mas leiI on scar
lold ana hroke MS Ies' ana II ever
IN wanted IAeFe' II now
Il swan. elacN'31ed honest Eil2-
KIM a. ne re"'I|e'' "llaI tlie oouo'e
iHe'i1il'? OF PoNefI! ana illIslof'1 me
"as::, - 'th h'e mem pumpklhs' II
buy We en- any nov. ,,s,
Il ltt YOU nave lI1e 'ol LOT d uo,-
lar, sald me il'o" nepseE' "islIui'
~. hes !eSU OUT III the corner
iot. va,
Am gathered. en-
"l5.ess me, VINO We got 10 sathef
en-; rePfoachloiIy Ie'ofleo MIS-
nan thu lloI Il SOU :, anoul vht pace;
and me with tha1 crick ID my PACK
LIlakim Ems heart smote hlm.
" no was ne 10 cGmPIalI OF all'1Ie
tfouHlr' Nheh me " ldoW hePseE was
so much worse OH IMAM hlmsellt
20 he a!l-lteA ana leu 0ofrel laoo-
slonSis GOWN me SONY cart rack 70
ware me e9fhneIa' "tieft' afllo me
harvested siiotNS' 7Ieallieo me rudy
Solq o I1lihl' -; llill'il'5ra W. ,,n:
luhpAihs. serea1he" MIS-. Eilis'
when het nus oand drove INTO 'he
barnyard at noon. "Pumpklns,
Why, E!laklm El!lS what on earth are
you bringing pumpkins mere ior.
Am we got the barn chambers 1uti'
ana the 'ols lull' ana the very oatiIe
won sat EN-: be YOU clean gone
crazy?
MIS-. ems was q hlgh-cheek- ooned
iehaIe' with PROJECTING IRON ttee1n ana
halI gfeehlSh eyes, Ike o&diy coiofed
marbles. she was one OF those who
Worshiped gam as the Hre-WorShlpers
tell down before the sun. Money Is
money was ner iaVorite AXIOM
And Ellaklm lett ms heaft SINK
WITHIN nm as DC raced her stern, I'M
compromising gaze.
II hey re Test few he began
"A lew shrIiiy echoed ms wife.
ne wagon Is heaped luil Ana we
a.thfoWli5 OF EN- away every daH'
mat Jest man 5 caicuiath
"Jest lew s2ld fIlakln1' h'tchlnG
desperately on the frst section OF ms
speech 'that We orunS hoWn mere 10
Sell Tor MIS-. nan Ihere am mnch
market UP that'a-Way, you know,
Lousy, -
And ne ADDED 10 4llhseh' GOOD
ness KNOWS no" sIao l oe 10 sen EN-
u . i,"a 'he 'i'"ii'e "''' lynn ho-
nov. ,,,,.
MIS- MIS- E'Ils 1dte = pIotiS'o"s sun.
ION Sou 'e5cn .naI ''i II 'iuG ,s
'lS:9e oI we aools ara LA hlil,.
salu snH I'D ~ 1@t . Iu'',p , t ." ho cne
io"uSlue "llo 'e' 'i'r l'ei-'ooio i -,
ea1 mem ol' "; as lu'CA d. thes can
Dul MI. Ellis lOOk tIlN ttliitGe vi 1t